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Columbus Blue Jackets Today

On a night that gave a small contingent of Ukrainian fans an opportunity to wave their flags and
unite amid a political crisis back home, their national soccer team eased past the United States
2-0 yesterday in an exhibition game shifted from Kharkiv to the Mediterranean island nation of
Cyrprus, some 600 miles to the south.

Andriy Yarmolenko scored in the 12th minute and
Marko Devic in the 68th as Ukraine exposed the shaky American central defense of
Oguchi Onyewu and
Anthony Brooks.

•
Aya Miyama scored from a 35-yard free kick in the 83rd minute to give Japan a 1-1
draw with defending champion United States in their opening match of the Algarve Cup women’s
tournament in Parchal, Portugal.
Sydney Leroux scored in the 59th minute for the U.S.

• Irish striker
Robbie Keane agreed to a multiyear contract extension to stay with the Los Angeles Galaxy. With 34 goals
and 21 assists in just 55 Major League Soccer appearances, he has been one of the league’s top
scorers since joining the Galaxy in August 2011.

• A hat trick from
Neymar helped Brazil to a 5-0 rout of South Africa.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

NCAA committee puts ‘10-second rule’ on hold

The NCAA football rules committee tabled a proposal that would have penalized offenses 5 yards
for snapping the ball before 10 seconds had run off the 40-second play clock, and won’t send the
so-called “10-second rule” to the playing rules oversight panel for approval today.

“What the committee agreed to do was table that proposal to allow time to gather more
information from the medical community and allow time for a broader discussion for the implications
of that change,” NCAA national coordinator of officials
Rogers Redding said.

Redding said the NCAA received 324 comments during the feedback period after the proposal passed
the rules committee on Feb. 12, with 75 percent opposing the change vs. 16 percent supporting it
and the rest undecided.

Coaches
Bret Bielema of Arkansas and
Nick Saban of Alabama had pushed for changes to control the ever-quickening pace
of play, saying that it adds risk of injury to players. That infuriated many coaches, who argued
that there was no proof that up-tempo offenses increased the risk of injury.

BASEBALL

Prospect comes through as Indians rally for win

Prospect
Francisco Lindor delivered his second big hit of the Cactus League season as the
Cleveland Indians defeated the Seattle Mariners 8-5 in Peoria, Ariz. Lindor’s RBI double off
Danny Farquhar broke a 5-5 tie, and the Indians added two more runs to complete a
rally from a 4-0 deficit.

The Mariners scored four runs in the first off right-hander
Travis Banwart, who has spent the past 31/2 seasons with triple-A Sacramento in
the Oakland Athletics organization.

• Left-hander
Joe Saunders and the Texas Rangers completed a one-year contract that guarantees
him the $500,000 minimum. He was 11-16 with a 5.26 ERA in 32 starts for Seattle last season.

• Kansas City Royals right-hander
Luke Hochevar likely will miss at least the first two months of the season because
of a sprained ligament in his right elbow. Hochevar was 5-2 with a 1.92 ERA and two saves in 58
relief appearances last year. He was a candidate for the final rotation slot this season.

BOXING

Mayweather-Maidana bout set for MGM Grand

World Boxing Council welterweight champion
Floyd Mayweather Jr. said via Twitter that his May 3 fight against World Boxing
Association champion
Marcos Maidana will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The bout between
Mayweather (45-0, 26 knockouts) and Maidana (35-3, 31 KOs) of Argentina will unify their 147-pound
titles.

ELSEWHERE

‘Dispatch’ Sports section racks up top-10 awards

The Dispatch and its reporters earned a total of seven top-10 awards in the 2013
Associated Press Sports Editors section and writing contest, which concluded yesterday in
Indianapolis.

The Dispatch’s Sports section was among those earning top-10 distinction for daily
sections among like-sized newspapers from across the country, those with circulations of 75,000 to
175,000.

Among reporters,
Todd Jones earned three top-10 awards: one in feature writing for a Jan. 28, 2013,
piece on
Jared Sullinger’s first season in the NBA; one in explanatory reporting for his
March 9 story about a case of rhabdomyolysis among members of the Ohio State women’s lacrosse team
the year before and one in project reporting for his three-day series on mixed-martial arts in
Ohio, which was published July 21-23.

Also in explanatory reporting,
Jill Riepenhoff and
Mike Wagner were recognized for their Dec. 22 story about the uneven nature of the
Ohio High School Athletic Association’s transfer rules.

In breaking news, Blue Jackets beat reporter
Aaron Portzline earned top-10 mention for his Feb. 14 story about
Jarmo Kekalainen being hired as the team’s general manager, a day after
Scott Howson’s firing. And Ohio State football beat reporter
Tim May was recognized for his July 23 story about legal troubles involving
Buckeyes players
Carlos Hyde and
Bradley Roby.